Sparks

Plus: Björk, The Smile, Yves Tumor, The Goodbye Party, Courtney Marie Andrews, Desertfest, Adjacent Fest, Rob Zombie & Alice Cooper, Sparks, Kiwi Jr / 2nd Grade, and more tour and festival news.

Sparks‘ tour kicks off June 27 at NYC‘s Beacon Theatre; the duo‘s new album is out in May.

Plus Josh Ritter, The Heavy, Hello Mary, The Bobby Lees, Big Thief, Le Tigre, Sparks, Oblivion Access, Coheed and Cambria / Deafheaven, Richard Dawson, and more tour and festival news.

Sparks‘ first album for Island Records since the ‘70s is out May 26.

Jamie Stewart and Angela Seo are joined by new Xiu Xiu member David Kendrick for ’Ignore Grief,’ which is out in March via Polyvinyl.

Fifty things to look forward to this year, including Everything But the Girl, Protomartyr, Róisín Murphy, Yo La Tengo, Drop Nineteens, Orbital, Mozart Estate, Robert Forster, Sparks, US Girls, and more.

Here are 100 albums we can't wait to hear in 2023, including Paramore, Lana Del Rey, Caroline Polachek, M83, Ride, Slowdive, ANOHNI, Wednesday, Youth Lagoon, blink-182, awakebutstillinbed, Danny Brown, Death Grips, and more...

Also read tribute to The Specials' Terry Hall from Massive Attack, The English Beat's Dave Wakeling, Boy George, Squeeze's Chris Difford, Rage Against the Machine, catbite, Frank Turner, and more.

Plus Halsey, Baby Keem, Bad Religion, Darkside, Bleachers, The Mars Volta, My Morning Jacket, Drain Gang, and many more.

The stacked lineup also features Turnstile, Pet Shop Boys, Calvin Harris, Darkside, Le Tigre, Ghost, FKA twigs, NxWorries, Fred again.., St. Vincent, The War On Drugs, Bad Religion, The Mars Volta, and much more...